Hope Creek Unit 1

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Hope Creek Unit 1 is a single-unit boiling water nuclear reactor located at the Hope Creek Generating Station in New Jersey, USA.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boiling water reactor
commercial nuclear generating unit
nuclear power reactor
adjacentFacility Salem Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1
Salem Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2
commercialOperationDate 1987-12-20
constructionStartDate 1976-11-01
containmentType Mark I containment
coolant light water
coolingSource Delaware River
country United States
designElectricalOutput_MWe approximately 1219
firstCriticalityDate 1986-07-01
fuelAssemblyType BWR fuel assembly
fuelType low-enriched uranium
gridConnection PJM Interconnection
gridConnectionDate 1986-07-25
grossElectricalCapacity_MWe approximately 1300
hasCoolingTowers true
locatedIn Hope Creek Generating Station
Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey
New Jersey
Salem County, New Jersey
linked to: Salem County

United States
moderator light water
netElectricalCapacity_MWe approximately 1172
NRCPlantCode HCGS
NRCUnitNumber 1
numberOfLoops 1
operator PSEG Nuclear LLC
linked to: PSEG Power
owner Public Service Enterprise Group
partOf Hope Creek Generating Station
primaryGrid North American power grid
reactorCoreType lattice core
reactorGeneration Generation II
reactorSupplier General Electric
reactorType BWR-4
reactorVesselManufacturer Babcock & Wilcox
regulatoryBody U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
safetySystemType emergency core cooling system
sharesSiteWith Salem Unit 1
Salem Unit 2
siteName Artificial Island
siteType twin-unit site with Salem Nuclear Power Plant
status operational
steamCycle direct cycle
thermalCapacity_MWt approximately 3840
thermalNeutronReactor true

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NPF-57 appliesToReactorUnit Hope Creek Unit 1